Comments on: Best of the webs

Best of the webs

BlackLeotardFront — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:31:09 -0800

Them's some big webs!

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:33:08 -0800

High res for the patient (it loads slowly for me) and not easily squicked.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:36:16 -0800

Anything that helps rid the air of mosquitoes ain't so bad.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:37:34 -0800

Also, when the summer is over I'm going to harvest all that silk and make a sweater.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:46:34 -0800

When someone tells Ted Stevens something is on the web, that must be what he imagines.

By: nola

nola — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:47:32 -0800

Ok, that just made me shit my pants.

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:48:23 -0800

Look out, Frodo! Use the light of Earendil!

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:49:05 -0800

best of the web

By: the other side

the other side — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:49:40 -0800

+ 5 points for the post title

By: danb

danb — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:53:57 -0800

The brown tint of the caught bugs is the only squicky part about it for me. That's fucking awesome.

By: Serial Killer Slumber Party

Serial Killer Slumber Party — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:55:08 -0800

You've really got to appreciate Spiders' ability to pull such an amazing construct out of their arse.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:02:38 -0800

Y HELO THAR NIGHTMARE FUEL!

By: danny boy

danny boy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:04:16 -0800

Spiders are like information architects. They both are really unnecessary and usually gross me out.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:18:35 -0800

It's like a Rainbow Gathering, for hippie communal spiders.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:31:10 -0800

That guy on the left looks like he just glimpsed something out of the corner of his eye.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:32:04 -0800

Erm. Other left. His left. Our right. Right.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:34:34 -0800

This makes me wonder if/how the spiders determine/mark/honor what's "their" part of the web.

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:58:47 -0800

Wait! There in the corner, a message: "SOME PIG".

By: dhruva

dhruva — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:59:53 -0800

At this point, I'm not even sure it's a spider web. There's some caterpillar that covers entire trees with silk, I've previously seen one of those. But this web grew pretty quickly which seems odd. I'm looking forward to see what this is. Oh and the third link is definitely spiders, I remember that photo from last year or so.

By: rtha

rtha — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:09 -0800

This web was first found about three weeks prior to the photo and has been spreading slowly. It's out on a point by the lake, probably less than 50 yards from the water. It continues along the park's nature trail for some 200 yards! I am never, ever visiting that park. Ever.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:35 -0800

Does anybody have a higher resolution picture of that first photo? I need it for my desktop.

By: Zack_Replica

Zack_Replica — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:39:26 -0800

The Shatner's really hit the fan now...

By: Verdandi

Verdandi — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:48:41 -0800

Forget terrorists. We should be going after the GIANT ASS SPIDER WEBS HOLY SHIT. I think this is why napalm was invented.

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:54:26 -0800

Ah, so beautiful. Like something out of a dream. Texas spiders can spin some big stuff. But for the webs to get this big... something isn't eating the spiders, I imagine. Lack of birds?

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:04:59 -0800

Usually, I'm for or against animals based on their evolutionary separation from humanity. That is, for pests in the house, if I had some mice, sure I would put some traps out, but not a big deal. They're fellow mammals - practically on our side. Cockroaches or ants meanwhile, are the enemy. Don't even have backbones. But somehow, spiders never bothered me much.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:21:43 -0800

I think it's cool to see spiders doing this. But gad, it's ugly when it's tent caterpillars. That means that trees are dying.

By: Brainy

Brainy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:25:26 -0800

It's like the Forbidden Grove from Elfquest.

By: pkingdesign

pkingdesign — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:28:31 -0800

Actual conversation on my couch just now: Me: How big is that friggin spider?! Them: It took the picture.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:13:42 -0800

Last year, there was a blob of web on my banana tree. I thought it was caterpillars. Then I poked it with a stick, and lots of spiders came out! I can not help but look at this awesome web and imagine thousands of small spiders swarming over the people who dare come too near, choking them by shear numbers, wrapping them up for a feast. I don't like spiders.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:33:07 -0800

Gaaaaaaaaaaah.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:34:34 -0800

Did you ever hear that you are never more than three feet from a spider? Is this true or just some fiend's idea of a joke?

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:46:06 -0800

Spiders are everywhere. That area must be remarkably mosquito free. However, the more I think about it, the more I feel that this gigantic and public display of spidery activity might be a distraction from more covert spidery doings. I mean, really, they're just about everywhere. -On the roof -In the cupboards -Crawling up waterspouts -In the corners of your room -Under your bed Oh no, look out!

By: Myeral

Myeral — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:18:27 -0800

Makes you wonder what these suckers would do if you gave 'em some drugs. Not that I'm volunteering. At all. A lone spider is bad enough, but when they start working together...

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:27:51 -0800

Cool. Lovely. Spiders are wonderful.

By: -harlequin-

-harlequin- — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:47:16 -0800

I'll never forget the morning I woke up to see that it had snowed in the park outside. We went out in it to play. It wasn't snow.

By: cmyk

cmyk — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:05:43 -0800

Hyeagh. I can't look at those photos without feeling all itchy. Imagine walking under one and accidentally knocking a branch with your head and having sixty squillion spiders go pouring INTO YOUR CLOTHES. I'm sorry. But. That's where my brain is right now and I'll not suffer alone. Did you ever hear that you are never more than three feet from a spider? Is this true or just some fiend's idea of a joke? It sure as hell is true in Florida.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:12:27 -0800

how do i shot web

By: yonation

yonation — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:18:19 -0800

this is highly controversial.

By: Zinger

Zinger — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:49:40 -0800

"...now that he noticed them for the first time dangling in the shadows, to see a dwarvish foot sticking out of the bottoms of some of the bundles, or here and there the tip of a nose, or a bit of beard or of a hood."

By: Balisong

Balisong — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:59:04 -0800

Everything's bigger in Texas.

By: yoga

yoga — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:09:14 -0800

Do. not. touch. I've dreamed these scenes many times, usually when I felt I wasn't in control of my life.

By: sevenyearlurk

sevenyearlurk — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:16:05 -0800

It's like John Wyndham's "Web" come to life.

By: CitizenD

CitizenD — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:44:23 -0800

Metafilter: a Rainbow Gathering, for hippie communal spiders

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:32:40 -0800

Wait, has it been confirmed that this is indeed a spider web? I think it's tent caterpillars too.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:50:34 -0800

For the doubters: The first link (and my hi-res comment link) are described by the last link, the CNN news story. The second link is, if you scroll about, on a page about social spiders. The third link has "spiders" written on it. So these are definitely spider webs, although I have seen tent caterpillar stuff and they do look similar.

By: Anything

Anything — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:58:04 -0800

HELO HUMANS INTERWEB! WE IS OFERING PEER AGREEMENT!!1

By: -harlequin-

-harlequin- — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:36:07 -0800

Also touched on previously

By: public

public — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:19:07 -0800

More shit about social spiders. Googling species names from the 2nd link gets you some good pictures. Not much on Wikipedia about them though which I assume means they don't actually exist.

By: Many bubbles

Many bubbles — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:21:51 -0800

Did you ever hear that you are never more than three feet from a spider? Is this true or just some fiend's idea of a joke? That sounds silly to me. It might be true for the outdoors, but the concentration is probably lower in a clean indoor environment, just because there wouldn't be as much food available for them. And I bet any environment that's designed to be sterile would be relatively spider-free. Even so, I bet most of the spiders included in that (true or false) factoid are really tiny ones. So tiny you can't even see them. You probably inhaled a couple just now, in fact.

By: 404 Not Found

404 Not Found — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:54:14 -0800

spiders' work a perfect web sight on line

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:17:00 -0800

Spider town, heart of their empire.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:47:01 -0800

I believe most spiders are unnecessarily large. Nothing I've seen here makes me change my mind.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:23:35 -0800

Hey, good find, Harlequin. A cool post and related as well. I should definitely have had that in there at least secondarily. Your filter-fu exceeds mine.